trying to post a picture

Iam hoping to show you pictures of our new grandchildren. Jim has given me some info and i was finally able to email some pictures, so now i am going to try this too!

Yipee! I did it. This picture of Kiah (Hezekiah Immanuel Miller) during his first few days is the one with the little white patch on his head. He had a rough time getting here and we rejoice that now he is a month old and is safely at home with his mommy and daddy, Sarah and James. I will try to post a newer picture from the updated ones that Sarah has been sending to us. I think I need to send them from my email acct. to My Pictures first , somehow , and then I can show them to all of you.

Obviously the one in the flowery jammys is of Eowyn Jeanne Banfield in her first week. I got to spend that first week with her and her mommy and daddy, Tammy and Josh, and I took this picture.

I got these to come here for me but i wasn't able to put them right where i wanted them. I had Kiah first because he was born on May 25th and Eowyn was born on June 13th, but when I posted it flipped where they were. hopefully i will get better at it and then you can see some more.

blessings to all of you.
proud Grammie Miller

What a wonderful Week!!

Eowyn Jeanne is a delightful, adorable baby! I thoroughly enjoyed my week with Tammy and Josh and Eowyn. We spent lots of time just cuddling with the baby, taking pictures and reveling in her precious newness. Her grandpapa, new uncles, Jim, Stephen and Ezra, Aunt Sarah and cousin Kiah all have a terrific experience to look forward to! I wish we all lived close together like the other side of Eowyn's family does. I am glad she gets to grow up in the same area as Josh's family (she already has 4 boy cousins on that side) but I soooo wish we were all there too. But.......God has placed us all over the place so we will trust Him to bring us all together sometime and hopefully before Kiah(now 4 weeks old) and Eowyn(now 1 week old) are much older. I took tons of pictures(she is beautiful!!) and hope to learn soon how to post some of them here like Jim does at his blog. When I do we will post some of Kiah as well, for those who don't go to Jim's blog, and you can see how gorgeous he is.

From now till July 4th, when we head for Africa, we have lots to accomplish, so please keep us all in your prayers.

Our First Granddaughter!!!

Hallelujah, Eowyn Jeanne has joined us! Tammy gave birth to her little girl at 4:56 a.m. on Tuesday, June 13th. Her dear hubby, Josh, was with her through the whole process. They went to the hospital around 5 p.m. on Sunday night and she had such high blood pressure that they admitted her right away. They got it down and then proceeded to induce labor. Praise the Lord, the baby was born natural and Tammy and Josh are very happy! Eowyn (pronounced ay oh win) weighed 7 lbs. 11 oz. and was 20.75 inches. obviously, she is beautiful!!

I, Rebecca, am leaving tonight on a midnight train to Rochester. Josh will pick me up tomorrow morning and i will get to see Tammy and the baby at the hospital.. I guess she will be released tomorrow. David and the boys are sad to see me go, but they promise to stay healthy and have a good time. I will return home next week on wednesday morning.

After I arrive home we have just one week before we drive back to NY to drop the boys off for their stay with Tammy, Josh and baby. So keep us in your prayers as we go thru this incredible summer!

blessings to all,
rebecca

Busy Weekend

Yesterday morning David and I joined our Pastor and his wife to go to our denomination's Conference in Findley, Ohio. We had a full day of reports, devotionals and fellowship. It was our first time to be delegates to anything like that so it was a new experience for us. Our church paid for a motel room for last night and our meals while we were there. The banquet last night was absolutely delicious and we enjoyed some excellent fellowship around the things of the Lord. We got to meet some new folks to us and were especially blessed by the opportunity to meet Don Dennison, the director of the cross cultural ministry and Marilyn and Don Peter, a lovely couple who minister to the churches in America about the importance of living out the great commission. We had a sweet time talking with them about missions and being encouraged by them since they have already been a number of times. One of the most special moments for me was the footwashing. It was a precious opportunity to remember together how important true servanthood is. David says that one thing that really stood out to him happened when the burning of the barn at Camp Otyokwah was being remembered. The board recalled how they felt like the Lord had allowed it to happen to force them to do something about the camp! David felt like the Lord was showing him that we at our church need to start moving NOW into what He is revealing about our church, instead of waiting till we are force to do so!

It was a very good time both yesterday and today and the fellowship with Pastor and Betty was wonderful.

Tomorrow David is preaching at Nettle Lake Church of the Brethren. We will also sing and share about our trip to Africa. Then we will be running to our church to catch the end of the service and share again about Africa. tomorrow is missions sunday i guess so we are going to be busy and having fun!

After dinner we will head to Ft.Wayne to attend our African Fellowship meeting. We always get so blessed by worshipping with them!!

so, we are praying that tomorrow the Lord will bless us with joy and strength.

blessings to all,
rebecca

The Huge Month of June!

Dear Readers,

Please pray for us as we head into a VERY busy month. When Tammy's baby comes I am going to go to NY for 4 or 5 days to be with them. David and the boys will be here, with him going to work as usual so please pray that all goes well for the boys. I am hoping they will have somewhere to go during part of the time that he is at work.

When I get home we need to get the house ready for our return at the end of July. My mom is coming to spend August with us. We also have to pack for our trip to Africa and decide what to pack for the boys. We will be leaving for NY together on June 29th to spend a few days with Tammy and Josh and give David, the proud grandfather, some time with Eowyn. On July 2nd we will leave the boys there and head home to Ohio. They will be with Tammy and Josh till July 15th when Mom and Dad Miller will go and get them. That will give them the opportunity to see their first great granddaughter.

On July 4th we leave for Tanzania.

During June, we are completing the unpacking of our stuff into our new home, growing a garden, David is working almost fulltime, and the boys are completing their schoolwork.

We wish we could plan a trip to see Jim and Sarah and Kiah, but we are just trusting the Lord for His timing.

blessings and love,
Rebecca